Friends remembered Jasmine Dunbar as someone who loved her 7-month-old daughter dearly and "made everybody happy with her smile."

Dozens of friends lit candles and released purple balloons into the air in honor of Dunbar, the 21-year-old woman whose burned body police believe was recovered Wednesday in a field not far from the Camelback Ranch spring-training baseball ballpark.

The gathering was held Friday evening outside that field near 107th Avenue and Camelback Road in Phoenix. Friends exchanged memories of Dunbar, who they described as outgoing and compassionate and who kept aspects of her life private.

Jasmine Dunbar(Photo: Phoenix Police Department)

"We all gained a beautiful angel looking down on us and guiding us," Yvonne Young, one of Dunbar's close friends, said at the vigil.

"If there was one person who didn't deserve this, it was Jasmine," Young said.

This was the second vigil friends and family held for Dunbar, who was reported missing Tuesday night after her 7-month-old daughter had been left roadside in a car seat near 83rd and Minnezona avenues.

A GoFundMe page created by Tonya Smith, Dunbar's mother, had raised $5,700 in donations for funeral expenses and to help care for her infant daughter.

Dozens of friends of Jasmine Dunbar hold a vigil Friday evening outside the Phoenix field where police believe they have recovered the 21-year-old's body.(Photo: Ricardo Cano/The Republic)

Ware would later change his story to say he punched Dunbar multiple times with his fist and left her in an empty field near 107th Avenue and Camelback Road, police said.

Ware said she was still alive when he drove away with the baby in the backseat.

Police said Ware returned to find Dunbar dead. He told police he put a piece of paper on her, doused her with gasoline and used a cigarette to set her alight. He said he watched as her body burned, and the fire went out on its own.

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A Maricopa County Superior Court commissioner sets Antwaun Travon Ware's bond at $1 million on March 8, 2018. He is suspected of first-degree murder in the death of his ex-girlfriend Jasmine Dunbar. Maricopa County Superior Court

'Beautiful, inside and out'

Rosetta Salazar, a close friend of Dunbar, said "she was really beautiful, inside and out."

Salazar said she did not know Dunbar's ex-boyfriend, adding "she kept her life very private."

Young said Dunbar's friends chose to hold a candlelit vigil outside the field where police reportedly found her body because "this was where her last moments of life were."

Young and others also expressed sympathy for Dunbar's 7-month-old daughter.

"It’s going to take a village to raise her because she was cut short of her mom’s love," Young said. "All we can do as Jasmine’s friends is not forget about her and give her daughter the love we know she would’ve gave her.”

Dozens of friends of Jasmine Dunbar hold a vigil Friday evening outside the field where police believe they have recovered the slain 21-year-old's body.(Photo: Ricardo Cano/The Republic)